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RASTUS RAVEL - VOTE TIME!
Vote for your favourite version and tell us why...
from 1970:
from 1971:
from 1972:
John O'Hara's version gets my vote. It's warm and loose with shades of rock gospel about it. Melody Smith takes it too fast.
Melody Smith by a long way! Vocals are lovely.
Heatwave for me. Love that lazy descending wahwah guitar sound.
Played these through twice.....tough decision but I have to go with Heatwave. It's punchy with a little a-tti-tude.
Heatwave for me too, sounds crispier and just right.
I'm not a fan of this song but I agree with Einekline on the Melody Smith one winning out for the vocal.Originally Posted by einekleine
From the comments on the youtube channel from Heatwave guitarist Terry Shea....
Re Melody Smith version: "The backing track was performed by the original recording artist 'the Heatwave' who were never paid for doing it. It's a poor version of the original"
Re John O'Hara version: "Again the backing track was performed by the original recording group 'the Heatwave' I was one of the guitarists"
Thanks for the vote. Although only a B side we liked it better than the A side at the time.
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